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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






2. What function is vitamin D?






3. What is the function of vitamin E?






4. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






5. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






6. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






7. What are healthy sources of fats?






8. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






9. Fats can lead to some medical problems






10. What is normal albumin levels?






11. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






12. Sources of fats






13. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






14. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






15. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






16. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






17. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






18. How many calories/gram is protein?






19. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






20. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






21. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






22. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






23. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






24. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






25. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






26. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






27. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






28. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






29. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






30. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






31. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






32. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






33. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






34. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






35. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






36. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






37. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






38. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






39. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






40. What is normal BMI?






41. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






42. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






43. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






44. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






45. What is the function of vitamin C?






46. When does BMR decrease?






47. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






48. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






49. What type of people need extra protein?






50. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?